In a survey of 1000 drivers from the West, 934 wear a seat belt. In a survey of 1000 drivers from the Northeast, 909 wear a seat belt. At α = 0.05, can you support the claim that the proportion of drivers who wear seat belts is greater in the West than in the Northeast?

(a) Identify the claim and state H₀ and H_a, 

(b) Find the critical value(s) and identify the rejection region(s), 

(c) Find the standardized test statistic z, 

(d) Decide whether to reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis, and 

(e) Interpret the decision in the context of the original claim. Assume the samples are random and independent.